yourname2000 saidHe just can't afford to have any media about his top aides jumping off his sinking ship....he's literally buying their loyalty.

I've seen that when an office is going to close and the staff realize that their jobs are going to end....so they start to apply to for other roles. The company will often offer bonuses for staff just to stay on until the end (since they really need staff to close it all up.)

This strikes me as the same....it's almost like Romney himself sees the writing on the wall: it's over....top aides want to move to other campaigns/private roles, and he needs to sweeten the pot to entice them not to do so yet.

No one wants to be associated with this campaign....this isn't going to end up on those guys' resumes. Like George W being banned from the GOP convention this year, by next election, no one will ever admit to having been a part of it...."Mitt who??"

You may very well be correct.It's another stupid tone-deaf move from Mittens - but if it's to prevent the horrible PR problem that a mass exodus of staffers would create - it may be the lesser of two evils.

Perhaps he is throwing some money at rats who were about to desert the sinking ship Romney.

yourname2000 saidHe just can't afford to have any media about his top aides jumping off his sinking ship....he's literally buying their loyalty.

I've seen that when an office is going to close and the staff realize that their jobs are going to end....so they start to apply to for other roles. The company will often offer bonuses for staff just to stay on until the end (since they really need staff to close it all up.)

This strikes me as the same....it's almost like Romney himself sees the writing on the wall: it's over....top aides want to move to other campaigns/private roles, and he needs to sweeten the pot to entice them not to do so yet.

No one wants to be associated with this campaign....this isn't going to end up on those guys' resumes. Like George W being banned from the GOP convention this year, by next election, no one will ever admit to having been a part of it...."Mitt who??"